To Shatner

Verb used when a vocalist for a band speaks his lyrics instead of singing them.

Halfway through Crazy my voice started cracking, so I just Shatnered my way to the end.

by Oedipus May 30, 2005

Shatner

Shatner (n.) 1) Star of the 1960's TV cult classic 'Star Trek.' (v.) 1) Of or having Shatner-like qualities, as a) Overly dramatic acting style filled with pauses, b) Musical stylings that resemble their own branch of performance art, a song performed in limited vocal range with many pauses, while reciting the lyrics as beat poetry, c) "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!"

1) (n). William Shatner, (1931- )

1a) (v). "To be or............... not to be, that is............. the question."

1b) "Welcome............. to the jungle. It gets worse here.......... every day."

1c) "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

by Quicksand August 31, 2005

Shatnering

The complete, and, utter over, use of, commas in sentence structure.

Bobby failed his English essay for shatnering the whole first paragraph.

by Flatoutrude July 7, 2016

shatner

(v.) to ascend to one's highest level of mediocrity

Origin: after William Shatner, actor, famous for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the hit 1960's TV show Star Trek. Less famous for everything else since then.

With the release of The Matrix trilogy, Keanu Reeves had clearly shatnered, as he will unlikely be able to achieve such awesomeness again unless, by some wondrous twist of fate, he is able to reprise his role as "Ted" Theodore Logan in the yet-to-be produced Broadway show "Bill and Ted's Excellent Musical Adventure."

by Kungfupower July 31, 2012

shatner

verb.
To defecate twice in someone’s home. Once somewhere obvious and a second in a hidden place. That way they clean up the obvious one but keep smelling the hidden one.

"You know, it does take two shits to make a shatner."

by Dre October 29, 2004

shatnered

verb- To shatner. To bring about epic levels of pure eclectic awesomeness.

My weekend just got shatnered

by Brokkr The Irishman January 23, 2012

Shatnerism

Shatnerism is a disease spawned from William Shatner, well know for his roles as Captain Kirk from Star Trek, and Tevye from one version of Fiddler on the Roof. Shatnerism is a disease in which the victim pauses for dramatic effect after 2-4 syllables of speech.

Oh my...God it's...The space people of...Quazar IV! ~ Average case of Shatnerism

by Larry F. Malarkie November 14, 2007